Sounds faulty to me, like the switch in the central column being dirty, rather than some esoterics software glitch. May be the insultation on a wire around the switch connector has retracted so you're powering up both sides via a short circuit ?. I'll put my money on faulty connection.
Edit although if it's an esoteric switch with electronic gubbins in it... then it could be that. You'd only know by looking at it, pulling wires off and that's where I sit back and let someone else do it
. LOL.
Edit although if it's an esoteric switch with electronic gubbins in it... then it could be that. You'd only know by looking at it, pulling wires off and that's where I sit back and let someone else do it
. LOL.
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I've heard of this before - along the lines of it being a "convenience function". Does it move in a useful way?
I don't think I adjust mine often enough to notice but I'll have a look tonight. My guess is that it's meant to be like that rather than a fault, how you explain the change I'm not sure.
Jon
I don't think I adjust mine often enough to notice but I'll have a look tonight. My guess is that it's meant to be like that rather than a fault, how you explain the change I'm not sure.
Jon
Well unless this is something they introduced since 2004, I can't see how it can be that convenient if the mirrors move together.... . Tall / short / seat height, seat position forward or backwards it's not going to work. I could see you could have presets for different drivers as to where the seat was positioned but other than that it doesn't make sense, least to me.
. Tall / short / seat height, seat position forward or backwards it's not going to work. I could see you could have presets for different drivers as to where the seat was positioned but other than that it doesn't make sense, least to me.Well once you've set the mirrors to converge on the same point behind the car, the adjustments for taller/shorter drivers will be roughly the same for each side (allbeit a mirror image for moving the mirror horizontally i.e. driver sliding back and forth).
Have a look at post 3 on this link:
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=6452
Have a look at post 3 on this link:
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=6452
We need Klawits ... I must say I never adjust mine unless I've accidentally knocked the switch whilst folding them in, pulling left or right. I was pretty sure that pushing to the right does the right and left to the left. Got me slippers on so I'm not going out yet to try it yet . The theory being that the R control also moves the left.... or in Klawit's case the L moves the right - LOL.
... I must say I never adjust mine unless I've accidentally knocked the switch whilst folding them in, pulling left or right. I was pretty sure that pushing to the right does the right and left to the left. Got me slippers on so I'm not going out yet to try it yet . The theory being that the R control also moves the left.... or in Klawit's case the L moves the right - LOL.
Suprised you are not aware of this one Tell, it has been discussed too many times to mention. The idea is that you set the drivers side mirror for normal driving then switch to the passenger side and set for normal drivng again, from then on when you want to adjust the mirrors to say look at the kerb when you are parking or look at the white lines in a car park you select the drivers mirror and both mirrors move in unison so you can see the ground on both sides. Once finished just move them both back up at the same time simple !
Seat have had this facility on their cars for many years so it isn't a new feature unique to the Altea.
Seat have had this facility on their cars for many years so it isn't a new feature unique to the Altea.
Hi Tell ... hello guys,
aceman won
... as I was a little late today
It's just as he says: convenience feature
... thou some say it's a pity it won't move a bit down automatically when reversing (other VAG models have this but needs to be combined with seat-memory)
... to tell you the truth, I never even think about changing the mirrors' angles when pulling back, too time consuming
greets ... Klaus
aceman won
... as I was a little late today It's just as he says: convenience feature
... thou some say it's a pity it won't move a bit down automatically when reversing (other VAG models have this but needs to be combined with seat-memory)
... to tell you the truth, I never even think about changing the mirrors' angles when pulling back, too time consuming
greets ... Klaus
Aceman, my first VW family car so these little secrets that are in the brand I don't know about if they are not in the manual and I'm not told . I read the manual tonight and twiddled but couldn't post back since the board was down. It actually says do the passenger side first then the drivers side, your backwards !. Well it says L and then R, so I assume that got translated correctly for right hand drive.
I did notice that they moved in unison, but basically I'm not convinced that my drivers side isn't sticking now, so I pushed it back by hand [in]. So that's how you see the kerb, I un buckle and suspend myself across the passenger seat since that odd 1 " away from the kerb can make the difference in London whether you are side swiped and ££££ of damage or not.
Like Klawit I probably can't be bothered with moving them.
. I read the manual tonight and twiddled but couldn't post back since the board was down. It actually says do the passenger side first then the drivers side, your backwards !. Well it says L and then R, so I assume that got translated correctly for right hand drive. I did notice that they moved in unison, but basically I'm not convinced that my drivers side isn't sticking now, so I pushed it back by hand [in]. So that's how you see the kerb, I un buckle and suspend myself across the passenger seat since that odd 1 " away from the kerb can make the difference in London whether you are side swiped and ££££ of damage or not.
Like Klawit I probably can't be bothered with moving them.
Thanks for the replies.
I though it may be a feature as when the driver's moves in, so does the passenger, which makes sense.
I am sure it never did it before, but thinking about it, it would be hard to notice as I would be watching the drivers one, and get that right so would not notice the passenger one moving. Then do the passenger which does it on its own.
I though it may be a feature as when the driver's moves in, so does the passenger, which makes sense.
I am sure it never did it before, but thinking about it, it would be hard to notice as I would be watching the drivers one, and get that right so would not notice the passenger one moving. Then do the passenger which does it on its own.
It all seems a bit odd to me the mirror arrangements. You do the left first as the manual says, and only the left moves, well for me. Then you do the right and the left also moves. Given you don't need to be precise about the left may be it's not a problem.
After I'd handed over the cheque when I first bought the car, got the keys and given instructions, the mirrors was the first thing I was taught, so may be that may be why since they are idosyncratic in how to adjust them. That the right control moves the left.
After I'd handed over the cheque when I first bought the car, got the keys and given instructions, the mirrors was the first thing I was taught, so may be that may be why since they are idosyncratic in how to adjust them. That the right control moves the left.
Had this feature on the Passat before the Altea,you need to adjust drivers side first then do the passenger side
That's not what the 2004 Altea manual says. Makes more sense doing left then the right as the manual says since the left side takes off when you do the right and you need the right side more precise. I never adjust mine unless I've been careless and knocked it out whilst retracting the mirrors.... why I didn't know the two were inter connected.
I had this feature in the 3 mk4 Golf's since 2000. I was glad to see it wasn't missing in the Altea.
Rich
Rich
Deffo drivers side first otherwise after adjusting the passenger side first adjustment of drivers side would put the passenger side out of alighnment. (hope you can understand that I was getting confused myself writing it)
I think as you say Tell the instructions in the manual have gone abit scew in the translation, maybe if they used Passenger/Drivers instead of Left/Right then they could avoid the confusion.
I think as you say Tell the instructions in the manual have gone abit scew in the translation, maybe if they used Passenger/Drivers instead of Left/Right then they could avoid the confusion.
Thought I was right Aceman re the manual.
I'll have to have another twiddle to see what it really does or leave it alone. I wasn't convinced that in the 27 months I've had it, the motor to pull back the mirror on the driver side isn't working now... without this conversation I'd have been none the wiser. I just pushed the mirror back in and re-adjusted it again.
I'll have to have another twiddle to see what it really does or leave it alone. I wasn't convinced that in the 27 months I've had it, the motor to pull back the mirror on the driver side isn't working now... without this conversation I'd have been none the wiser. I just pushed the mirror back in and re-adjusted it again.
Yep deffo the drivers first as aceman says,cos if you set the passenger and then adjust the drivers the passengers unsets itself!!!,thats along as you want adjust both
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